The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-17
FARM AND ElREslpE.


The shorter the nose of the hog the
longer the pedigree.
You can afford to give the horses
little wheat. IL will do them good.
Clean soft water and pure fresh air
are excellent cleansing agents. Use
them freely.
Feeding stock only What It will ent
readily and digest thoroughly will re-
suit in an important saving in forage
during the winter.
Too many of our farmers in going
to town and doing general teaming
neglect to water and feed their team
with the regularity they should
Fried Salt Pork: Slice and let lie
few minutes in few spoonfuls of
water swoetened with n tablespoonful
of molasses; roll in meal, and fry
Boston Budget.
Egg Mullins: One pint Of -four,
whites of eight eggs, sufficient flour to
make thin batter, add little salt. and
bake quickly. Farmer and Kanmtdct-
Mrer.
There is one advantage possessed
by wool and butter, which is that both
articles can bc shipped at n lower cost.
in proportion to value, than most farm
products. As wool is not perishable it
can be shipped to the most distant
points, while butter keeps long timo
in winter.
TO Mend China: Into thick
solution of gum arabic stir plaster of
Paris until the mixture assumes the
consistency of cream; apply with a
brush to the broken edges of china and
join together. In three days the arti-
Gle can not be broken in the same
place. The whiteness of the cement
adds to its value. = Toledo Blade.
When scalding hogs, if the water
be too hot, the hair will not come off
MS readily as if the temperature be
lower. Boiling water discolors the
skin. A temperature of $50 degrees is
warm enough for a young hog, but
there are some hogs that require as
high as 1870 degrees A slab or smooth
surface permits of the work being done
in cleaner manner than when rough
bench or table is used. Indianapolis
Journal.
Feathers are very rich in nitrogen,
aud should be used to add to the
strength of the manure heap. Like
bones, they may be quickly reduced by
soaking them in solution of sulphuric
acid and covering them with Il
coarse compost, with which they may
be subseque ntly mixed. Indeed, SC
strong are they that if properly distrib-
uted and applied the results on cror
of corn will be surprising.-St. Louis
Republican.
Catherine Owens says: "Suct vii
keep sweet for months if attended tc
when it comes into the house; all bits
of skin, gristle, kidney or kernels must
be removed and also any part of tho
suct that has been lying against mea
and become reddened with blood.
have known suet to get musty in {
week in cold weather for lack of thi.
precaution, and by looking over it, ant
Touring it well, have kept it for month:
in mild weather."
To reduce housekeeping to q sys.
tep, you must arrange your work afte1
plan, and let this plan be adhered to
Take it up in an orderly way, not as
so many do, in IL jumble, doing a LITTLE
of this now, and then little of that
or trying to do half u dozen things q
the same time. Get one thing out o
the way before you begin another
Think your work over and decide th'
order in which it can be done to TIL,
best advantage, and, having ascer
tanned from experiment what that ortle
is, make it the daily programme. :
Indianapolis Sentinel.